Great posts, everyone! I wish I could go into detail over each of them – I enjoy them so much! But that would take much too long, and I’ve been ‘gently’ reminded that a Merisu post is due. Thanks to a bunch of fantastic writers!
Diamond, you certainly did set us out in style! Vogonwë’s poetry is, as always! [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] You do have me wondering if I might have a piece of jewelry that would enable me to retreat from unwelcome speeches like Pimpi does…
Squatter, great descriptive prose and a wonderful literary analysis! You and Diamond set up a good cooperative effort there.
Mithadan, nice introduction of the Entish wooden foot! I was looking forward to that. And you finally showed us the true story behind the torture of the Elves – Orc hairdressers!
Rim, that tin-whistle was such a touching….touch! More eloquence than puns this time – hmmmm, fines are an effective measure after all! [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] (Please don’t stop!)
Kuru, (may we abbreviate you to that?) what an unexpected talent Chrys has – violin playing! By the way, after that sizeable cash payment, we expect you to stay with us for the whole journey! (With your permission, we will carry your character when you haven’t the time to write. If you do want to fly off for an additional adventure, let us know so that your Dwarf isn’t trying to be in two places at once.)
B-W, what a sneaky reference to hang-hobbit! And your independent arm sounded so Monty-Python-esque that we were trying to remember an episode with that, but it is all your own idea after all!
Sharon, I would like to keep Pettygast with us until we go underground, where he will be suitably lost to the Fellow-Galship. He will be needed on Canthardlee Pass. We will carry the character if you can’t post this week.
Some additional information for all:
The timeframe of our story has been made more precise by Mith’s reference to Lord Sourone as ruler of Gol Dulldor. That would put us at about the time of The Hobbit. This is fine, since I wanted us to use the M-E locations, and LotR as a reference, but not exactly follow the events of LotR. From Topfloorien, we will travel to Gol Dulldor to fight Orcs, since our “hope is in battle not in secrecy”, as Rim so ably stated. From there, we will move down the river to the capital city of the humans, then to the tower of the Orcs, where we will fight a foe as yet unknown to most of us.
That will complete the revenge part of the story, which I would like to have done by mid-March, since I will be away for several weeks till mid-April. (Closer to most of you in real life, since I’ll be in the States, but who knows when I’ll have computer access?!) I am trying to keep the story moving to avoid stagnation, but if you want to take more time in a particular location or already have an idea for a smashing post later on, please drop me a line.
If you all enjoy the RPG enough to write a sequel, we can go on to find more lost pieces of the Ent afterwards…
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